English cricket team in India in 2023–24
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The England cricket team toured India from January to March 2024 to play five Test matches.[1] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.[2] The teams competed for the Anthony de Mello Trophy. The series overlapped with the first-class series between India A and England Lions, which took place in January and February 2024.[3]
English cricket team in India in 2024 | |||
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India | England | ||
Dates | 25 January – 11 March 2024 | ||
Captains | Rohit Sharma | Ben Stokes | |
Test series | |||
Result | India won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
Most runs | Yashasvi Jaiswal (712) | Zak Crawley (407) | |
Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (26) | Tom Hartley (22) | |
Player of the series | Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind) |
In the first Test, England recovered from a first innings deficit of 190 to win by 28 runs.[4] Ollie Pope scored 196 in England's second innings, and then debutant Tom Hartley took 7/62 to seal the win.[5]
In the second Test, India posted 396 in their first innings. However, a strong counter from England reduced the deficit to 143. Aided by a century from Shubman Gill, India posted a 399 run lead. England saw initial success in their second innings, but a combined bowling attack by Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin saw India win by 106 runs, and level the series at 1-1.[6] Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 209, a career-best performance, in India's first innings.[7]
In the third Test, India posted 445 in their first innings. A good spell from Ben Duckett helped England reduce the deficit to 126. In excellent form, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 214* (another career best performance) to help India post a 557 run lead. England were all out for 122, majorly due to a 5 wicket haul by Ravindra Jadeja. India won by 434 runs (the biggest ever Indian win in terms of runs), and took a lead in the series at 2-1.[8]
The fourth Test saw a century from Joe Root in the first innings, but England were halted at 353 with Ravindra Jadeja taking 4 wickets. India could not close the lead set by England despite Dhruv Jurel scoring 90 runs and were halted by Shoaib Bashir's maiden 5 wicket haul. England set a 192 run lead in their second innings after being curtailed by Ravichandran Ashwin's 5 wicket haul. A 72 run partnership by Dhruv Jurel and Shubman Gill helped India secure the series win.[9]
In the final record breaking test, India bowled out England early before Rohit and Gill both scored centuries, setting a target of 477. The 100th test of both Ashwin and Bairstow, this match saw for the first time ever, a test series having more than 100 sixes hit. India eventually bowled England out again to clinch an innings win.[10]